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sense Of his own unworthiness. B,

whatever the motive, it seemed to him
impossible that he should keep the
love of Marina, widely beloved and
charming as she was. When he gazed
upon her, he could not believe thatshe
should not be tickle, armed with the
power her beauty gave her, and it
1naddened him to think her heart
might swerve to another.
An Immediate marriage might have
satisfied him of the good faith OF Ma
rina, but just after the betrothal the
death Of a distant relative threw the
Anayas into mourning after the FASH
ion of the rigorous etiquette OF the
Spaniards, and as soon as they
dofed thesable suits ofcomplimentary
woe, Lent was at hand, and no one who
lays claim to good taste marries in
Cuaresma, even now, when more
liberal ideas prevail. How much less
readily then, when all the world was
under priestly rule. Lent over,
Marina's father especially requested
that the nuptials should be deferred
until the arrival from Spain of a
favorite brother, uncle of the pro-
spective bride.
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even maddening to De la Montana.
He tormented himself with constant
brooding upon them, until the reason
assigned, all logical and weighty to
the formal precision of the race and
generation, seemed to him strained,
frivolous, and improbable. From
such q conclusion it required no vio-
lent effort of morbid fancy to adj
vance a step farther, and Leonel per-
suaded himself that Marina was tired
OF him, that she had never loved
him, that she desired to break
the bonds of their betrothal, and
that all these procrastinations
were ominous tokens signifying
that wish and amealns of gradual APP
proach to such rupture. His jeal-
GUS passion increased, battening up
on his misery, until the man had al
most become insane. And the full
measure of his own suffering he held to
the troubled lips OF poor Marina.
Every absurd pretext was to him a
theme of complaint and reproach.
He found a source OF grievance in the
situation of the Anaya dwelling, on
one OF the main thoroughfares, q fav-
orite promenade OF the young Span
iards, who naturally passed thither,
not the less because Of Marina's
beauty. The praises lavished upon
her annoyed him as much as if the
girl had courted them. It had come
to pass that every interview between
the lovers resolved itself into bitter
ness and reproaches and Marina was
half wild with distress. She loved
Leonel most dearly, and she could
not doubt the ardo, of his love for
her as it's very intensity was the
source Of his mad jealousy over the
fatal charm of her beauty. ~4s,l
At last, one morning, De la Mont
ana passed the house and found it
closed. His morbid fancy at once
pictured a rival behind the massive
shutters Of the the iron-barred win
dows, making his suit to Marina, per-
haps-oh, saints in heaven winning
his cause, and persuadine her to dis
card the jealous lover. Narrowed by
the thought, he WAS hastenlng to knock
at the zaguan the great street portaD
when a wicket in one Of the windows
was opened, and a white hand-and
hand he knew, Marina's hand-was
put forth, and slightly beckoned. He
approached, land begged to know theta.
dy's will. For all answer a. white, folded
missive was held toward him. He
took the letter, the window quickly
closed, and he could but move away
to where he could read at ease:
"My worshiped Leonel - the letter
ran, my love for thee has amounted
fairly to worship, since we who love
first only at mature age concentrate
our affections unfrittered away by
earlier, slighter loyes-I have tried
then,b every tenderness to convince
thee that thou alone OF men art in
my heart; but | have found thee insen-
sible to these assurances. AS my
blind and simple affection can not in
spire in thee that faith which is essen
tial to welded happiness, and as my
beauty-which l therefore hold &C
cursed-is the terrible barrier to our
perfect understanding, Ihave resolved,
not IN anger nor revenge, but in sacri-
hce to your love, to convert that ILL.,
starred, fatal beauty into aliving hor-
ror, that thou mayest no longer see in
it temptation to disloy atty toward
thee. Naught else can cure my ankle
ty and distress, and I do not falter.
If thou lowest me, thus shalt thy trust
revive; thou wilt pardon my insight
illness, and we shall once more be hap
py. If thy love shalt revolt and per-
ish for the horror | become, losing that
tormenting love, thou wilt find peace
again. will return thee at least the
tranquility I have destroyed, either
by dispelling the illusion, or by pro-
tecting thy passion beneath the wings
OF faith. Thine. MARINA =
The heart OF Leonel sank like lead
within him, with the weight OF a great
misgiving. What would Marina do?
To what dread deed had his madness
driven her? He saw now, as if from
beneath a lifted veil, the folly and the
cruelty OF his exactions and suspicious,
and he realized the depth Of the divine
affection he had wronged. Full OF con-
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